{"id":1270,"date":"2012-12-16T04:59:28","date_gmt":"2012-12-16T09:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.brethren.org\/?p=1270"},"modified":"2012-12-16T04:59:28","modified_gmt":"2012-12-16T09:59:28","slug":"the-stable-and-manger-food-for-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/2012\/12\/16\/the-stable-and-manger-food-for-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"The stable and manger: Food for thought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-920\" title=\"Advent 2012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2012\/11\/Advent-2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"150\" \/><span style=\"color: #bc9d24\"><strong>Luke 2:6-7<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #bc9d24\"><strong>Question for Reflection:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nHow many place settings will be on your Christmas table? How might your meal be shared with those in need?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #bc9d24\"><strong>Prayer for the day:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nMaster of a simple stable, we are in the midst of preparing feasts unheard of in the days of your birth, meals fit for a king. Join us in feasts, celebrating your reconciling ministry on this earth. May our celebrations invite those whose fare resemble your humble birth, and may we proclaim together your royal feast which is to be shared with all humankind.<br \/>\nAmen<\/p>\n<p>~ Josh Brockway, Director for Spiritual Life and Discipleship<\/p>\n<address style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Congregational Life Ministries of the Church of the Brethren is offering these simple prayers and questions in connection to this year&#8217;s <span style=\"color: #bc9d24\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=8488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #bc9d24\">Advent Devotional<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>written by Walt Wiltschek, campus pastor of Manchester University. (Available from\u00a0<span style=\"color: #bc9d24\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethrenpress.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #bc9d24\">Brethren Press<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>in print and E-Book formats) Join us as we look and listen for the coming of the Word through the reading of scripture, Walt&#8217;s reflections, times of prayer, and conversations on t<\/em><em>his\u00a0<\/em><em>blog.<\/em><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke 2:6-7 Question for Reflection: How many place settings will be on your Christmas table? How might your meal be shared with those in need? Prayer for the day: Master of a simple stable, we are in the midst of preparing feasts unheard of in the days of your birth, meals fit for a king.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[54,228,732,1053],"class_list":["post-1270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional","tag-advent","tag-christmas","tag-meal","tag-share"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/blogtest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}